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 VOD
Trade #6: Vodafone (VOD)
11/08/09
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Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009Vodafone Group Plc (VOD), which provides mobile communications services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the United States, is another household name that should attract investor attention.
The well-defined bull channel in which...
RMBS
CBR
Trade #5: Rambus (RMBS)
11/08/09
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Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009Rambus Inc. (RMBS) designs, develops, and licenses chip interface technologies and architectures that are used in digital electronics products.
The microchip sector has been lagging lately but appears to be gaining investor attention.
RMBS is selling ve...
PIE
Trade #4: PowerShares DWA Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio (PIE)
11/08/09
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Filed under: ETF Investing, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009The PowerShares DWA Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio (PIE) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dorsey Wright Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Index.
This ETF is for th...
GDX
Trade #3: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
11/07/09
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Filed under: ETF Investing, Commodities, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) attempts to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the Amex Gold Miners Index.
GDX is in a bull market with both the long-term support line and the 200-day...
KO
Trade #2: Coca-Cola (KO)
11/07/09
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Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO), Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009Coca-Cola Company (KO) is in a very orderly advance, and its recent pullback gives a good opportunity to position yourself in this blue chip stock.
Note the turning fast-line of the stochastic, which should give a buy signal shortly.Con...
COSWF
Trade #1: Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF)
11/07/09
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Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009The Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF) is an open-ended investment trust that generates income from its 36.74% interest in the Syncrude Canada Ltd. joint venture, which is the world's largest producer of crude oil from oil sands and the largest single-sou...
VOD
RMBS
Six top trades for the rest of 2009
11/07/09
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Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009After seven months of one of the strongest rallies in history, the stock market is showing signs of faltering. From here on out through the rest of 2009, I believe the advance will shift gears, and instead of recording new highs every month, the trend w...
XHB
Technical trade #5: SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)
10/11/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyThe SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSE: XHB) bottomed in March and made a direct run to the 200-day moving average by the end of April.
In mid-July, it executed a gold cross, which indicated that its long-term trend was about to change. By early August,...
BAC
Technical trade #4: Bank of America (BAC)
10/11/09
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Filed under: Bank of America (BAC), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyBank of America (NYSE: BAC) traded above $50 a share in December 2006, but the international financial crisis drove the sector to extreme lows, and BAC fell to below $3 in March.
With the crisis abated and recent management changes...
AVT
Technical trade #3: Avnet Inc. (AVT)
10/11/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyAvnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT) is one of the largest distributors of semiconductors and computer-related products in the world.
After falling from more than $40 in 2007, its common stock bottomed in October 2008, well before the bear market low in March. Since th...
T
Technical trade #2: AT&T (T)
10/10/09
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Filed under: AT and T (T), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyAT&T (NYSE: T) fell from a high of almost $43 to less than $22 in a little over a year. T formed a long-term bottom, finally breaking out at $27 after executing a gold cross (confirmation of a long-term bull market).
But profit-taking in...
APA
Technical trade #1: Apache Corp. (APA)
10/10/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyThe U.S. dollar continues to show weakness, and oil will likely continue to be a good hedge against its further deterioration.
Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA), which is a large oil and natural gas exploration and production company, should continue to benefit fr...
BAC
T
Six technical trades targeted for big profits
10/10/09
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Filed under: AT and T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyWhen selecting which stocks to buy, ratings from agencies like Standard & Poor's can be useful in creating a balanced portfolio.
But did you know technical analysis is the most accurate way to predict where a stock...
HON
Technical trade #6: Honeywell International (HON)
09/06/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, Honeywell Intl (HON), Stocks to BuyHoneywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) is a diversified technology and manufacturing company. The stock tripled in price from late 2002 to early 2007.
But in June 2008, the stock broke support and plunged. By November, it was trad...
VEU
Technical trade #5: Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU)
09/06/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyVanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSE: VEU) seeks to track the performance of the FTSE All-World ex-US Index, which is made up of approximately 2,200 stocks of companies located in 46 countries.
Sometimes we see a chart that technically seems to have it...
UTX
Technical trade #4: United Technologies (UTX)
09/06/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, United Technologies (UTX), Stocks to BuyUnited Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) provides technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries.
Its stock has built a strong base that began in October 2008. In early July, UTX flashed a bullis...
TEVA
Technical trade #3: Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA)
09/05/09
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Filed under: Technical Analysis, Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Stocks to BuyTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) engages in the development, production, and sale of a range of generic and branded pharmaceuticals, biogenerics, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) worldwide.
The lo...
FDO
Technical trade #2: Family Dollar Stores (FDO)
09/05/09
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Filed under: Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyFamily Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) operates a chain of discount retail stores. As one of the great "dollar stores," it often leads the retail group.
The chart is loaded with bullish technical signals, including a gold cross,...
UTX
FDO
Six technical trades that are off the charts
09/05/09
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Filed under: Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Technical Analysis, Honeywell Intl (HON), United Technologies (UTX), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Stocks to BuyIf you're looking for the most accurate way to predict the direction a stock or the market is headed, technical analysis is it.
Of course, no chart p...
GLD
Today's technical outlook: Can Nasdaq break away and reverse?
04/09/09
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Filed under: ETF Investing, Technical Analysis, S and P 500, DJIA, Stocks to Buy, NASDAQEven if prices appear to be clawing their way through the overhead supply at around Dow 8,000 and S&P 500 825 to 875, the going is getting tougher.
The highest that the S&P has achieved so far was the high...
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